Our uncommon Christmas has commenced ( Read more... )

Mom and grandma were talking last week, and grandma has realized she is not getting any younger and it might behoove her to start checking out any assisted living facilities near us and my uncle up in Algonquin. She did visit a place up north and apparently wasn't impressed, so since mom has tomorrow off, they figured they'd look at one that's ( Read more... )

I saw a brief blurb on the news scroll this morning: Shooting at Steak 'n Shake in Batavia. …Uh, what? That's, like, down the street from my house. I heard nothing last night, as far as I know, aside from all the rain. There are a number of links via Google; I'll share the one from the Trib. Curiously, though I saw the scroll on Channel 5, ( Read more... )

Our Steak 'n Shake? Is no longer open 24 hours. It closes at 3 AM on weeknights ( Read more... )

As in past years, the Saturday before Mother's Day meant it was time to take my mother and grandmother out to lunch. Unlike last year, the day was pleasant and stress-relieving, and I have not encountered anything to lead me down the road to being crazy psycho girl again. Yay.

In the past, I've taken them to the Atrium Cafe at The Little ( Read more... )

My uncle's family is on vacation in...Georgia, perhaps...so my grandmother is dog-sitting for them. And, since she is only 45 minutes away (as opposed to an hour), she talked to my mom about possibly coming for a visit yesterday ( Read more... )

Laura and I got together for lunch at Steak 'n Shake today.
(Does it bother anyone else that it actually should be "Steak 'n' Shake"? Probably not ( Read more... )

I got a call Friday night from my friend Nick. He and his fiancee, Heather, were having an unofficial housewarming party for their new townhome on Saturday. It would also be a sort-of going away party for Erik (zentiger) who hasn't quite made it to California yet but leaves this weekend. (The party was unofficial because Heather isn't living there just ( Read more... )